Improvement in stay-loops for harness



A. J. LUND. STAY-LOOPS FOR HARNESS.

Patented Feb. 15, 1876.

N o 17s 481 NPETERB, PNOYO-LITHOGRAPNDI, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. LUND, OF FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN.

lNl PROVEMENT IN STAY-LOOPS FOR HARNESS Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 1 73,48 1, dated February 15, 1876; application filed7 May 21, 1875.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. LUND, of Fort Atkinson, county ofJefferson, State of Wisconsimhave invented an Improvement in Stay-Loopsin Harness, of which the following is a specification:

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, andsimilarletters ot' reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a section of a breast-collar for harness, withstay-loops O fastened to the fold A, and. stay-fastener D attached toloop 0; also layer B stitched to fold A. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of Fig. 1 at dotted line a.

My invention consists in an improvement in the shanks of stayloop (3,which are fastened to the center of fold A by a rivet, E. Upon theshank, between its two shoulders, is placed the layer B, which isstitched to the fold A, covering its exposed edges and the shank of thestay-loop. At'the right, Fig. 1, the layer B is cut away .to showstay-loop O as riveted to fold A, and not as yet having its shankcovered. It will be observed that the shoulder upon the end of the shankof the stay-loop projects below and hooks uponjthe edge of layer B, asshown in Figs. 1 and2. Attached to stay-loop 0, Figs. 1 and 2, isstay-fastener D. To this I design to attach the strap that passes overthe horses neck, or the hip-braces which support the breeching.

The stay-loopfl, in Fig. 2, is represented with the loop 0 raised abovethe plane of fold A, for the purpose of preventing the stay-fastener Dfrom pressing upon the horse.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The stay-loop O, with its shouldered shank, in combination with rivet E,fold A, and layer B, substantially as described, for the purposespecified.

I ALFRED J. LUND.

Witnesses THOMAS CRANE. D. B. PEGK.

